Robotics Software Engineer Intern – Swarm Systems (m/f/d)

autonomous-teaming
Munich (DEU), DEOn-site

About the Role

What We Offer

  • Work in an international, agile team building autonomous robotic systems.
  • Contribute to software that is tested on real robotic platforms and in the field.
  • Gain hands-on experience with state-of-the-art technologies in robotics, autonomy, and multi-agent systems.
  • Work closely with experienced robotics and embedded engineers.
  • Take ownership of meaningful technical projects while receiving guidance from the team.
  • Benefit from a steep learning curve and a collaborative engineering culture.

Your Mission

Join our robotics team working on autonomous systems that operate as coordinated, distributed agents in real-world environments. As a Software Engineering Intern, you will contribute to the development and validation of our multi-UAV system, with a particular focus on software tooling, simulation, and system observability. Depending on your background and the project, you may also contribute to areas such as SLAM, navigation, perception, planning, or multi-agent coordination.

This is a hands-on internship where you will develop and test software, work with real robotic systems, and see how your work performs beyond simulation.

  • Develop data-driven dashboards and tools to monitor, analyze, and visualize system performance.
  • Extend our simulation framework with KPIs, automated scenarios, and evaluation workflows.
  • Analyze simulation and field-test data to identify issues and opportunities for improvement.
  • Contribute to the core robotics stack in areas such as estimation, perception, planning, control, or mission execution.
  • Collaborate closely with robotics, simulation, embedded, and domain experts.
  • Gain practical experience developing and validating software for complex autonomous systems.

Your Profile

  • Currently pursuing or recently completed a Master's degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Autonomous Systems, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • Good programming skills in C++, ideally modern C++ (17/20).
  • Solid foundation in algorithms, data structures, and software engineering.
  • Basic understanding of robotics concepts such as coordinate frames, sensor data, estimation, planning, or control.
  • Comfortable working in Linux.
  • Curious about complex robotic systems and motivated to understand how things work beyond your individual component.
  • Able to work independently on a defined technical problem while actively seeking feedback when needed.
  • Genuine interest in autonomous systems, robotics, and defense technology.

Nice to Have

You do not need to bring all of these - experience from university projects, research, student teams, personal projects, or previous internships counts.

  • Experience with ROS or ROS 2.
  • Experience with real robots, embedded systems, or hardware-in-the-loop setups.
  • Exposure to SLAM, navigation, computer vision, estimation, filtering, planning, or control.
  • Interest or experience in multi-agent systems, swarming, or distributed robotics.
  • Experience working with LiDAR or camera data.
  • Exposure to PX4 or ArduPilot.
  • Experience with simulation frameworks such as Gazebo, Isaac Sim, or Unreal Engine.
  • Experience with embedded platforms, GPUs, or networking.
  • Exposure to machine learning methods.

What Else

  • Strong problem-solving mindset and willingness to learn.
  • Structured and reliable way of working.
  • Comfortable working in an environment where not every problem has a predefined solution.
  • Collaborative and open to technical feedback.
  • High ethical standards and disciplined work ethic.
  • Extra-curricular engineering projects, robotics competitions, research, or other technical achievements are a plus.

The Practical Part

  • Duration: 3-6 months, full-time
  • Eligibility: NATO-aligned nationality or close ally citizenship is required

Job Overview

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autonomous-teamingHiring Company
Sep 7, 2026Date Posted